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India needs N-power to meet demands: Govt
The Government on Thursday assured Parliament that nuclear energy is safe and clean and India needs nuclear energy to meet projected power demand of more than 50,000 MW in the next couple of years.
Stating this in the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha on the issue of protest against setting up of nuclear plant at Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu, Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office V Narayanasamy said the Government is also conscious of its corporate social responsibility.
He said the Government is building schools, roads and hospitals for people living in the vicinity of mega power projects and also reaching out to them so as to allay their apprehensions.
As regards nuclear energy, he said it is cheaper than several non-conventional energy sources and said several countries were going ahead with nuclear power plants.
Citing the example of China, the Minister said the eastern neighbour will have the capacity to produce more than 50,000 MW of nuclear energy in the next few years.
Replying to another supplementary, he said most of the nuclear power plants in Japan were running. “I have no knowledge of 10 nuclear plants been closed down. The safety measures of some of them are being upgraded after Fukushima (Tsunami) incident,” he said.
The Government on Thursday assured Parliament that nuclear energy is safe and clean and India needs nuclear energy to meet projected power demand of more than 50,000 MW in the next couple of years.
Stating this in the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha on the issue of protest against setting up of nuclear plant at Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu, Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office V Narayanasamy said the Government is also conscious of its corporate social responsibility.
He said the Government is building schools, roads and hospitals for people living in the vicinity of mega power projects and also reaching out to them so as to allay their apprehensions.
As regards nuclear energy, he said it is cheaper than several non-conventional energy sources and said several countries were going ahead with nuclear power plants.
Citing the example of China, the Minister said the eastern neighbour will have the capacity to produce more than 50,000 MW of nuclear energy in the next few years.
Replying to another supplementary, he said most of the nuclear power plants in Japan were running. “I have no knowledge of 10 nuclear plants been closed down. The safety measures of some of them are being upgraded after Fukushima (Tsunami) incident,” he said.
